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Jerry Kennard

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Gene Variant Linked to Narcolepsy

Japanese researchers have discovered a genetic variant that could one day help to explain the mechanism underlying narcolepsy. People with narcolepsy experience sudden muscle weakness and extreme daytime sleepiness that can result in them falling to sleep at any point of the day, sometimes several times a day. Many people with narcolepsy also... Read moreChevron
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Eating Disorders Linked to Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is a disabling sleep disorder that causes extreme daytime sleepiness, sudden loss of muscular control when in an emotional state (cataplexy), nightmares and hallucinations.  A recent study conducted by the Netherlands' Radboud University, headed by Hal Droogleever Fortuyn, shows that victims of narcolepsy also often suffer... Read moreChevron
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Florence Cardinal

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Sleep Disorders in Animals

Researchers at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine say that the roundworm C. elegans, a worm often used in laboratory research, may help us to understand why animals sleep. Although it's called "lethargus," the period of lethargic behavior in the roundworm resembles sleep. The worm is unresponsive during this phase, and if... Read moreChevron

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